Indiana lawmakers are taking up Republican-backed proposals to eliminate straight party-line voting on state ballots and require
the use of voter identification numbers for mail-in absentee ballots, moves that Democrats argue will make voting more difficult
and could hurt turnout.

Former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White, convicted of voter fraud and removed from office, had three of his six convictions
overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals Dec. 29 and will have to serve his sentence of one year of electronic home monitoring.

An attorney for former Secretary of State Charlie White faced tough questioning Tuesday from Indiana's three-judge appeals
court during White's latest bid to overturn the voter fraud convictions that forced him from office.

The National Commission on Voting Rights is holding a public hearing in Columbus, Ohio, Friday for anyone with a stake in
Indiana and Ohio elections. The event is part of a series of nationwide hearings held to collect testimony on the current
landscape of voting and elections in the U.S.

A Roseland Town Council member couldn’t convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that a District judge was incorrect
in dismissing his lawsuit filed after he was removed from the voter registration list while incarcerated.

The Supreme Court of the United States held Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional Tuesday, ruling that its
formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdictions to pre-clearance. The case stems from Shelby County
in Alabama asking for a declaratory judgment that sections 4(b) and 5 are facially unconstitutional and a permanent injunction
against their enforcement.

The Indiana Supreme Court agreed Nov. 1 to hold off on proceeding with a disciplinary investigation of former Indiana Secretary
of State Charlie White after White requested a stay. His law license, which was suspended in May, remains suspended.

The Indiana Supreme Court hesitantly answered Thursday a certified question from the federal court as to whether misdemeanor
battery is an “infamous crime” under Article II, Section 8 of the Indiana Constitution.

A federal judge in Indianapolis on Thursday approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against Indiana relating
to state offices not adequately providing public assistance for voter registration.